CONTACT/ CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Compos(t)ing Spaces, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (forthcoming)
2022
Plasticité, Centre culturel Georges-Vanier, Montreal, QC (forthcoming)
Sieving through the body, Vermont Studio Center Gallery 2, Johnson, VT
Design TO 2022: On Moss and Bottles, Daltile Mohawk Design Studio, Toronto, ON
2021
Plasticity, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
2020
Container, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019
Amorphous, Cambridge Centre for the Arts Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2018
Unpaged, 10 Carden Gallery, Guelph, ON
Discard Library Process, Guelph Public Library, Guelph, ON
Red, Yellow, Blue, Guelph Public Library, Guelph, ON
2016
Contemplation, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
Mullion, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Roots of Place, Emily Carr University of Art + Design Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
Leaning Out of Windows Phase IV, Emily Carr University of Art + Design Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
Sub-practice, Yard Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Green Art: Sharing Sustainable Approaches and Practices, Langley Centennial Museum & Langley City Hall, Langley, BC
2021
Art Rich 2021, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2020
Eco Art curated by Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
Annual Juried Exhibition juried by Noor Alé, Peter Flannery and Stephanie Porter, Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville, ON
2019
Group Experiments, Margin of Eras Gallery, Toronto, ON
SHOW.19 curated by Iga Janik, Cambridge Art Galleries Idea Exchange, Cambridge, ON
I Blink My Eyes to Keep the Time, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
Transforming Spaces, University of Waterloo Davis Centre Library, Waterloo, ON
Winter Emerging Artists curated by Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2018
Why the &%#! Do You Paint? All Those Lines curated by Spencer Harrison and Lukus Toane, Gladstone Hotel Gallery, Toronto, ON
Beyond the Brush curated by Jill Price, Quest Art Gallery, Midland, ON
2017
Collective Knowledge, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
Canada LandMarks150 Curriculum curated by Fastwürms, Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Honey Harbour, ON
Juried Art Show Top Ten, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
A Fresh Coat of Grit and a New Layer of Dust, Glass Door Gallery, Montreal, QC
Special Eyes, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, ON
no name, Zavitz Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2022
AGO x RBC Emerging Artists Exchange Program, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, Vt, USA
2021
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Artist Residency on Plastics, online, Banff, AB
2020
Saruya (formerly DÔ-SÔ) Artist Residency, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC, Canada
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship (sculpture), Johnson, VT, USA
2021
Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Outstanding Artist Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB
Robert Weghsteen Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Exhibition Assistance Grants recommended by YYZ Artists' Outlet, Art Gallery of Burlington and Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario Arts Council
2020
Explore and Create Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2019
Exhibition Assistance Grant recommended by Gallery Stratford, Ontario Arts Council
2017
Specialized Studio Award, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
First Place, 49th Annual Juried Art Show, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2016
Marlene Pike Memorial Scholarship (Sculpture), University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Specialized Studio Practice Scholarship, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
EDUCATION
MFA in Visual Art, Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC (anticipated)
BA with Distinction, Studio Art, University of Guelph in Guelph, ON, 2017
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022
Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio 164: Visual Arts Core Studio with Alexandra Phillips, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2021
Teaching Assistant, Sculpture 310: Thinking and Making Through Sculpture with Ruth Beer, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
Critique Guest, Industrial Design 404: New Wood Materials with Christian Blyt, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC
2019-20
Artist Educator, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2018
Arts Educator, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
CONTACT ME
Gwenyth Chao (b. 1992 in Toronto/ Tkaronto, Canada) completed her BA in Studio Art at the University of Guelph (’17) and is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate at Emily Carr University of Art and Design (anticipated ‘23.) Her research praxis asks: how can art be a portal to potential futures that offer alternate ways of knowing through material engagements? How would such reworlding destabilize rationalist knowledge traditions – systems of how knowledge is constructed, valued, and transmitted? Driven by an awareness of experimental possibility, Chao’s recent projects explore how material reconstitution can be informed by an ecological awareness and how transdisciplinary processes can generate new ways of knowing.
Chao has exhibited work with the Design TO Festival (Toronto, ON), the Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond, BC), Langley Centennial Museum (Langley, BC), and the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON). She is a fellowship recipient at the Vermont Studio Center, a contributing artist in the Leaning Out of Windows IV art and science interdisciplinary project and her current research is funded by SSHRC’s Canada Graduate Scholarship. Chao’s next solo exhibitions will be at the Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (Montreal, QC) and the Open Source Gallery (Brooklyn, NY).